Le pain ornemental et Modern Style échappe à la stéréotypie molle © Salvador Dalí, Fundació Gala-Salvador Dalí, VEGAP, Figueres, 2019 © Estate Brassaï Succession
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Cat. no. OE
4

Le pain ornemental et Modern Style échappe à la stéréotypie molle

Ornamental Modern Style bread escapes the soft stereotype

Ornamental Modern Style bread escapes the soft stereotype

Cat. no. OE 4

Ornamental Modern Style bread escapes the soft stereotype

1932-1933

Description

Unique Original Work
Author:
Salvador Dalí i Domènech - Gyula Halász, àlies Brassaï
Date:
1932-1933
Technique:
Photograph and found object or object of automatic origin
Dimensions:
The dimensions of the original print run of the photograph are not known
Location:
Unknown
Description:
Between 1932-1933, Dalí took on the artistic direction of a series of photographs made with Gyula Halász, alias Brassaï (1899-1984), in which certain objects, probably of automatic origin, acquire a new conceptual and artistic dimension, grounded in the essence of the photographic image. Several of these photographs were published anonymously in 1933 in the magazine Minotaure, under the heading ‘Sculptures involontaires’, each with a descriptive title drawing attention to details of the work. In this work reference is made to Art Nouveau bread, which avoids the soft stereotype. It seems clear that these concepts are related to Dalí’s article ‘Concerning the Terrifying and Edible Beauty of Art Nouveau Architecture’, published in the same issue of Minotaure. The iconography of bread is also typical of Dalí’s painting, as can be seen in his 1932 Anthropomorphic Bread.
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